JOHNSTON, John Drummond
| Service Number: | 1449 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1915, 4 years Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium., 18 July 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1449, 35th Infantry Battalion, 4 years Cadets | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1449, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1449, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 18 Jul 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1449, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1449 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
108 years ago today, on the 18th July 1917, Corporal John Drummond Johnston, also known as Jack, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1449), apprentice baker from Bunn Street, Wallsend, (Plattsburg) New South Wales, was Killed in Action at Messines Ridge, Belgium, age 19 years 6 months. Cause of death unknown.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Quirindi, New South Wales on the 12th December1897 to Stephen Drummond (died 27.8.1942, Wyong, N.S.W., age?, buried at Presbyterian Cemetery, Wallsend, N.S.W., unmarked grave?, not listed), from Nelson Street, Wallsend, N.S.W. and Macquarie Street, Wallsend, N.S.W., and Margaret (Maggie) Johnston nee Coakley (died 1954?, age?), Jack enlisted on the 1st December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Mr. Johnston’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium.
Place of Association - Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Jack’s name has also been inscribed on the Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial, Wallsend Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Newcastle Operative Bakers' Society Roll of Honour.
An individual Memorial Plaque has been placed at The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, located inside the cemetery grounds.
See The Harrower Collection - http://harrowercollection.com/menu.html
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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